Original tutorial can be found HERE

Material
tubes - alph layer (selections)

open the tubes, duplicate them and work with the copies to preserve the originals
copy / paste the mask into the folder « masks » of PSP general folder

Hints & Tips
TIP 1 -> if you don’t want to install a font -->
open it in a software as « Nexus Font » (or other font viewer software of you choice)
as long as both windows are opened (software and font), your font will be available in your PSP
TIP 2 -> from PSPX4, in the later versions of PSP the functions « Mirror » and « Flip » have been replaced by -->
« Mirror » --> image -> mirror -> mirror horizontal
« Flip » --> image -> mirror -> mirror vertical

Filters Used
Factory V : incantations
Simple : pizza slice miror
Penta com : dot and cross
Unlimited BKG kaléiodoscope : cake mix
Unlimited : VM Toolbox : Brightness Noise
Miror rave : quadrant flip
L en K's : zitah
Alien skin impact : gradient glow
Mura seamless : checks
Mura meister : perspective tilling
Thank you to Renée Salon and Cloco for sharing their plugins pages

Colors
xxxxxxxxxxx palette couleurs xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
color 1 -> FG color -> #ecd1b5
color 2 -> BG color -> #72161d

Use the pencil to follow the steps hold down left click to grab it and move it

Realization
1
open the alpha layer
it contains the selections necessary to follow the steps of this tutorial (on the alpha channel)

2
flood fill the layer with alinear gradient -> 45 / 0 / don’t tick « invert »

3
adjust -> blur -> gaussian blur / 25

4
effects -> plugins -> Filter Factory V / Incantations

effects -> edge effects -> enhance

5
effects -> plugins -> Simple -> Pissa Slice Mirror

6
selections -> load selection -> from alpha channel -> selection 1

7
effects -> plugins -> Penta.com / Dot And Cross

selections -> select none

8
effects -> plugins -> Unlimited 2 / Bkg Kaleidoscope / Cake Mix

9
effects -> plugins -> Unlimited 2 -> Mirror Rave / Quadrant Flip

10
selections -> load selection -> from alpha channel -> selection 2
selections -> promote selection to layer
effects -> plugins -> L en K’s Zitah

11
effects -> plugins -> Alien Skin Eye Candy 5-Impact / Gradient Glow

use colors 1 and 2
selections -> select none

12
effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow -> 0 / 0 / 80 / 25 / black

13
highlight the alpha layer
selections -> load selection -> from alpha channel -> selection 1
effects -> plugins -> Alien Skin Eye Candy 5-Impact / Gradient Glow (same settings as ins tep 11)

14
selections -> promote selection to layer
selections -> select none
effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow -> 0 / 0 / 80 / 25 / black

15
layers -> duplicate
image -> mirror -> mirror horizontal
layers -> merge -> merge down twice

16
alpha layer is highlighted
selections -> load selection -> from alpha channel -> selection 3
selections -> promote selection to layer
effects -> plugins -> Alien Skin Eye Candy 5-Impact / Gradient Glow (same settings as ins tep 11)
selections -> select none

17
effects -> image effects -> seamless tiling

opacity of the layer : 50%
layers -> merge -> lmerge visible

18
view -> rulers
enable Pick tool
stretch up the layer to 495 (height)
press the M key to disable the tool

19
selections -> load selection -> from alpha channel -> selection 4
layers -> new raster layer
flood fill with the linear gradient created at the begining
effects -> plugins -> Mura’s Seamless / Checks

selections -> select none

20
effects -> plugins -> Mura’s Meister / Perspective Tiling

layers -> arrange -> move down
layers -> merge -> merge visible

21
copy / paste the landscape 1 as new layer
image -> resize -> untick « resize all layers » -> 70%

22
effects -> image effects - offset

effects -> edge effects -> enhance

23
layers -> load mask from disk

layers -> merge -> merge group

24
copy / paste the landscape 2 as new layer

25
effects -> image effects - offset

26
layers -> load mask from disk

layers -> merge -> merge group
effects -> edge effects -> enhance

27
copy / paste as new layer the chocolate Dinosaur
image -> resize -> untick « resize all layers » -> 50%
effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow -> 0 / 0 / 50 / 25 / black

28
copy / paste as new layer the chocolate car
image -> resize -> untick « resize all layers » -> 75%
move it to the left
effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow -> 0 / 0 / 50 / 25 / black

29
copy / paste the character tube as new layer
move it to the right
effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow -> 0 / 0 / 50 / 25 / black

30
copy / paste the « chocolate text » tube as new layer
layers -> arrange -> move down 5 times

layers -> merge -> merge all (flatten)

31
image -> add borders -> 1 pixel color 2

32
image -> add borders -> 40 pixels color 1
select the large border with the magic wand tool

33
effects -> plugins -> VM Toolbox / Noise

34
selections -> invert
effects -> 3D effects -> drop shadow -> 0 / 0 / 100 / 25 / black
selections -> select none

35
image -> add borders -> 1 pixel color 2

36
image -> resize -> tick « resize all layers » -> 900 pixels (width)
adjust -> sharpness -> unsharp mask

37
apply your watermark and save as... type .jpeg
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